Movable distributing-spout for pumps



(No Model.) -0. ANDERSON.

I MOVABLE DISTRIBUTING SPOUT FOR PUMPS.

No. 556,041.. Patented Mar. 10, 1896.

' \ll'll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ODIN ANDERSON, OF DES MO INES, IOWA.

MOVABLE DISTRIBUTING-SPOUT FOR PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,041, dated March10, 1896.

Application filed April 16, 1894. Serial No. 507,803. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ODIN ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State ofIowa, have invented a Movable Distributing-Spout for Pumps, &c. of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a spout adapted to beattached to pumps operated by wind-power or the like, so that the flowmay be directed into different vessels without moving the vessels orshutting off the power that operates the pumps.

My invention consists in the construction of a device for supporting atrough directly beneath the spout of a pump, and be capable of swingingin either direction so that the flow from the pump may be directed intovarious receptacles without shutting off the flow of water from thepump, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in whicl1- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe device applied to a windmill pump. Fig. 2 is a front view of thesame applied to a wooden pump, its movement being indicated by dottedlines.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the reference-letter A is usedto indicate an iron pump adapted to be operated by a windmill or othersuitable power.

B indicates a curved bracket detachably se-V cured to the pump-stock bymeans of a rod B screw-threaded atits ends and passed through the baseof the bracket and around the pumpstock, nuts B being provided to securethe bracket to said rod. The top of said bracket is rounded at O to forma journal for purposes hereinafter explained.

D indicates a trough of any suitable ordinary construction having ablock D at its rear under side provided with an opening adapted toreceive the journal 0, so as to support the spout in anapproximately-horizontal position beneath the pump-spout, and to permitit to be readily turned in any direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is

A movable distributing-spout for pumps comprising a bracket designed tobe secured to a pump-stock and extended upwardly to a point beneath thepump spout, a vertical journal on its upper end, a suitabledistributing-spout and a block secured to the inner under surface of thespout having a bore therein to admit said journal to a sufficient depthto support the trough in a horizontal plane, substantially as and forthe purposes stated.

J. RALPH ORWIG, THOMAS G. Onwre.

